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Singapore.: Asian Studies Association in Association with NUS Press.. 2015.. 310pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series. In Malaysia race is viewed not as an external attribute attached to a person but rather as an innate characteristic. Starting from this foundation, race and indigeneity have featured prominently in Malaysian politics throughout the post-war era, influencing both the civil status and property rights of broad sectors of the population. Scientific opinion shapes Malaysian thinking about the subject as do stereotypes, but much of the discussion rests on concepts developed within the discipline of anthropology and by the colonial administration in a process that dates back to the early nineteenth century. Taming the Wild examines the complex history of indigeneity and racial thought in the Malay Peninsula, and the role played by the politics of knowledge in determining racial affinities, by charting the progression of thought concerning…
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- Author Sandra Khor Manickam
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- Language ENG
- Publisher NUS Press, Singapore
- Date 2015.
- ISBN 9789971698324
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Taming the Wild: Aborigines and Racial Knowledge in Colonial Malaysia
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Singapore: NUS Press, 2015. Paperback. New. With concepts of race being an influential factor in politics and many other aspects of life in present day Malaysia, the author seeks to uncover how these concepts originated. A significant factor obviously has been the colonial attitudes to race, many of which have been taken on in various forms by Malaysians today. By concentrating her focus on attitudes to the people now known as Orang Asli, the aboriginal people of the country, she seeks to extract more general evidence for the development of racial concepts in the country generally. 310 pages with tables, figures, maps, notes, a glossary, a bibliography and an index. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia
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